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Kesten, Onur - 2009

We consider the problem of randomly assigning n indivisible objects to n agents. Recent research introduced a promising mechanism, the probabilistic serial that has superior efficiency properties than the most common real-life mechanism random priority. On the other hand, mechanisms based on...

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Essays on crime and search frictions

Engelhardt, Bryan - 2008

search and matching model of the labor market. All workers, irrespective of their labor force status can commit crimes and …

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Determination of the optimal number of strata for bias reduction in propensity score matching.

Akers, Allen - 2010

Previous research implementing stratification on the propensity score has generally relied on using five strata, based on prior theoretical groundwork and minimal empirical evidence as to the suitability of quintiles to adequately reduce bias in all cases and across all sample sizes. This study...

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Three Essays on Semiparametric Methods for the Evaluation of Social Programs.

Busso, Matias - 2008

properties of several semiparametric estimators of average treatment effects, including IPW, matching and double robust …

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Sequential Pre-Marital Investment Games: Implications for Unemployment

Boudreau, James W. - 2008

Agents on the same side of a two-sided matching market (such as the marriage or labor market) compete with each other … generally occur prior to matching, this activity has come to be known in recent literature (Peters, 2007) as pre … matching game in which one side of the market invests first, followed by the other. Interpreting the first group of agents as …

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14.661 Labor Economics I, Fall 2006

Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; Angrist, Joshua - 2006

Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply, labor demand, and human capital. Topics discussed also include wage and employment determination, turnover, search, immigration, unemployment, equalizing differences, and...

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Dual employment protection legislation : a framework for analysis

Dolado Lobregad, Juan José; Jansen, Marcel; Jimeno … - 2005

In many countries, Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) establishes different regulations for certain groups of workers who face more disadvantages in the labor market (young workers, women, unskilled workers, etc.) with the aim of improving their employability. Well-known examples are the...

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L’IMPACT DU CAPITAL HUMAIN SUR LA PRODUCTIVITE AGRICOLE AU BURKINA FASO

Theophile, Kabore - 2010

matching utilisé habituellement pour évaluer l’impact de politique sur une population donnée a été utilisée comme méthode d … Score Matching usually used to estimate the impact of social or economic policies on target groups. By the matching method …

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